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- Employer:
- Volvo Penta of the Americas, Inc.
- Professional Expertise:
- Marine propulsion systems, vessel construction, service and applications
- Bio:
- Over 40 years in the marine industry as a dealer, boatbuilder and now with engine manufacturing. After many years on the service and applications side of the business, I now apply this background into developing a blended training strategy by combining eLearning with instructor led training for technicians, boatbuilders and others.
- Location:
- Chesapeake, VA
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Getting access to Volvo Penta parts, engines and programs
For those of you that are involved in a learning institution offering marine programs, we have developed what we call the Volvo Penta Access program. It is very similiar to a dealer agreement, in that you must provide financials and sign a 3 year contract with us. Once approved, you can then buy engines, drives or parts as needed, but just as importantly you have access to our extranet called the Volvo Penta Partner Network. This is an essential tool to handle communication with us as far as par… Continue
Posted on March 26, 2009 at 7:13am —
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My name is Mark W. Corwin & I teach a nighttime Marine Diesel Technology class at McFatter Technical Center in Davie, Fla. Five of the engines I currently have are Volvos: two 3cyl., two 4cyl. & one 6cyl. These engines get torn down to bare block & the students learn how to use micrometers, depth gauges, bore gauges, all types of precision measuring tools so that they can learn how & why the engine works & understand how to use the specs in the manual to rebuild the best engine possible. While the engine is apart we go through all the parts-pistons, rings, bearing shells, journals, etc.-so they will be able to figure out why a particular engine or part failed or why it has the wear patterns that it has. All engines have run before they got to them & have to run when they're done. At that point I start sabotaging all the engines, fuel systems, electrical, etc., for diagnosing & troubleshooting purposes.
Now that I've explained a little bit about the program my problem is getting parts. People locally seem to be too busy (which is a good thing) & I have to double up on the other engines because I can't get parts in a timely manner. Is there any way I could deal directly with the factory? We have a goverment grant- Bombardia & Mercury. I also need parts for Northern Lights generators with Luger engines & Westerbeke generators. Any help &/or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Also, any suggestions or comments to enhance the class to better suit industry needs would be very much appreciated. For example: is there any way to set this class up so a student could be Volvo/Penta diesel engine certified upon successful completion of the course. Thank you!
I was talking with david marcus with powerhouse marine he and i were talking about the new technology and IPS Drive elec controls etc. Is there any way we can get access to any of your training materials so i keep these guys up to date and any spare parts that you may have. The latest Volvo stuff we have is the cobra/volvo generation. I am also trying to set up online curriculum and its a slow process. We are in the process of trying to purchase a new IPS drive. any ideas on were to go?
thanks for any help you may have